Transfer of Files From RSX-11 (fwd) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

19 Feb 2003

cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org schrieb am 19.02.2003:
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 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:54:07 -0500 (EST)
From: John Lawson &lt;jpl15(a)panix.com&gt;
Subject: Re: Transfer of Files From RSX-11  (fwd)
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 The meta question is: what's he gonna do with the
system once the data
is mined??

John
 Well, knowing the degree of burocratism especialley in indian customs, I doubt
very much if it will ever pass the border of this country again....

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   Yes it is a
complete system. 
   Ah... this makes the process *much* easier!   A bit of info now would
be: what is the model of your DEC system? (ie PDP 11/23, VAX 11/750,
PRO350... etc) given the information that he has 8" diskettes, it will not be a
PRO350.

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  I have checked Kermit but I could not find this
S/W
 there. Might be my process was wrong. 
  Hmmm...  a lot of RSX systems had Kermit as part of the Distribution
Kit..  you can try:

   MCR> DIR kerm*.*,*

If he uses MCR on RSX, then shouldn't the command should be like:
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MCR MCR>[1,54]pip [*,*]kerm*.*,* /li
MCR>

ofcourse, if a catchall is active, it would pass the dir command eventually to
DCL as well, but I don't think this will happen if you enter the comand to the
explicit MCR> prompt 
(You are then talking to your own copy of MCR, just for you. And the catchall
is not installed by default as far as I remember...)

Frank